Friendship between Males and Females

Another one of my personal favorites; first heard it when I was about 15 and still probably one of the cleverest:

“Brawl nights I perform like Mike, anyone: Tyson, Jordan, Jackson, action pack guns – ridiculous”



As I mentioned yesterday, JJ came over to watch a movie. After the movie we had some conversation about some stuff. And we went up to have some supper w/ my family. I began to wonder…what is it that’s stopping me from going for her? Is it the fact that we’ve already got a history together? Is it the fact that I know history repeats itself and if something did happen we probably would end up not speaking for another 2-3 years? Is it the fact that we just work better as friends? Someone said something funny to me a few years ago: “Whenever I watch you and JJ together, it’s like you guys are very carefully building a model airplane just so you can smash it and start over again.” I must admit, that’s probably quite a fair assessment of our prior relationships!



Now the question has to be asked: Is it possible to have a COMPLETELY platonic friendship with someone of the opposite sex? When I say friendship I mean friendship: good friends; not acquaintances. This is quite an interesting question because there are many views on this. Let’s start with mine, because mine is the most important. No, we’re actually gonna’ start with mine because this is MY blog! :P I had this discussion w/ the CS boys back @ Vanier. Hugo said it best: “Yes, it’s definitely possible, but every once in a while the guy has the urge to…’fool around’ with the girl”. Yes, that was paraphrased…I’m trying to keep this blog at a PG-13 level ;) . I thought about that, and I think it’s true. Most of the girls who I would consider “good” friends, the thought has crossed my mind in some fashion at some point or another. Clearly just because it crossed my mind doesn’t mean I act on it. This is why I think yes it’s possible to have a strictly platonic friendship with someone of the opposite sex. I think as long as your thoughts don’t actually materialize, it can be said that you’re “just friends”. Now the question is…do those thoughts cross the girls’ minds…? I’m sure they do! ;)



On the topic of “just friends”, I’d like to finish off by clarifying something that most girls (including my little sis) seem confused about. For the ladies: If a guy you’ve met for the first time comes up to you and starts making conversation, 99.999999998% of the time the guy is not interested in “just being friends” or having another female friend. Sure you MIGHT have run into that .000000002% guy, but if you’re attractive, I highly doubt it! Remember that… ;)



Again, feel free to post your thoughts on gender relations! I’d be interested to hear them! Oh, and now I know that there’s about 10 of you for sure who read this, so don’t be shy to post! :P

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